Satisfied

I just went to work out! Here’s how this deed came about…

I thought to myself, “Mareena, when will you ever have a complete gym that doesn’t cost anything within walking distance for a whole summer?” and then of course I answered myself because it’s only polite. I responded, “Never again after this summer!” Why had this never occurred to me before? Well, technically, it had. But I just never really acted on it. Tonight I did though.

Exercising is strange. It’s one of those things that I always think of with disdain, but when I actually go and do it, I come back with the best feeling in the world. It’s that feeling where you know that you’ve done something worthwhile with your time, plus exercising gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy. Therfore, I just feel happy. So, this winds back around to me wondering why I disdain exercise. And it is because exercise is hard. Sometimes it hurts, and as a normal human being I do not relish pain. And my feeble mind tends to forget the satisfying feeling of doing something purposeful.

There are a lot of things like exercise. Schoolwork is one. It’s hard, but after I’m finished with a big history of civilization test and it is no longer hanging over my head, I feel a ton better. I feel even better after I get my grade back…usually. Cleaning is the same way. It takes a while to start and a good long time to finish, but after, the benefits are a clean space and a satisfied feeling. Bible study is another. Sometimes I feel like I’m fighting against so many distractions when I just need to sit and read God’s Word. If I persevere and spend some time there, I’m nourished and I have strengthened my relationship with Christ.

These are all tasks that I hesitate to do, struggling with the cost/benefit analysis of the situation. However, from now on I will fight through to the end! I am inspired to conquer all my difficult tasks with determination and grit!!!

yeah. I’m still pretty pumped from my exercise endorphins